Fernham

The village well

Fernham is a very pleasant village in the heart of the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside. The village consists of 79 houses, 3 farms, a fantastic pub and a church.

The community spirit in Fernham is very strong and is quite often one of the reasons people choose to live in this village. The principal focal points of our community are the Woodman Inn (www.thewoodmaninn.net) and St John's Church.

Although some villagers work within the local area many who live in Fernham commute daily to London, Reading, Birmingham or Bristol. A wide range of careers are represented in the village, we have a resident carpenter, a piano teacher, school teachers, project managers, consultants, engineers, software engineers, videotape editors, builders, farmers and a cinema owner!

Each year the village organises a traditional village fete, treasure hunt, village walk, boules contest and fireworks night. Running is a popular activity in Fernham with a number of fitter villagers running in Marathons. We also have a book group and regular safari suppers where we have great fun trying to find which house we should be eating which course in.